Allen Coliban: City of Brașov is running for the title of Green Capital of Europe
Brașov is one of ten European cities competing for the title of Green Capital of Europe, in a competition organized…
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A new stage of the dialogue with the EC regarding the payment of the second payment installment from the PNRR, completed
Romania has completed a new stage of the dialogue with the European Commission regarding the payment of the second tranche…
ME awaits official EC information on energy export restrictions waiver
Romanian Ministry of Energy is waiting for the official information from the European Commission regarding the delay letter sent to…
NGOs sue CE for „absurd” inclusion of gas in EU green taxonomy
Environmental groups took the European Commission to court on Tuesday (18 April) after the EU Executive rejected their request to…
EC approves Romania’s scheme to support investments in batteries and solar panels
European Commission approved on Wednesday, under EU state aid rules, a Romanian scheme of 259 million euros, made available partly…
The European Commission launched a public consultation on the reform of the EU’s electricity market design
UPDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM Jozsef Balogh The European Commission calls for all those interested in, from large industrial consumers to…
First high-level round table on joint procurement of natural gas in the EU
European Commission convened a high-level industry roundtable on Tuesday to support work under the EU Energy Platform towards joint gas…
Confronted with astronomic electricity prices, the EC tables five immediate measures
In a speech delivered today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, mentioned five immediate measures in…
Member states commit to reducing gas demand by 15% next winter
In an effort to increase EU security of energy supply, member states today reached a political agreement on a voluntary…
Romania sent EC a request for payment worth 2.6 bln. euro under MRR
On Thursday, the European Commission received from Romania the first request under the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) for the…
EC adopted REPowerEU: The RES targets grows to 45% in 2030, extra hundreds of billions of euro to be invested
The European Commission today presented the REPowerEU Plan, which provides for major changes, needed to ensure the independence from Russian…
EC halved its estimates for the growth of the Romanian economy in 2022
After a robust growth in 2021, Romania’s economy is expected to slow to 2.6% in 2022, as inflation reduces disposable…
Eastern Europe could receive more EU funding to accept the embargo on Russia
The European Commission is considering offering more money to Eastern European member states to upgrade their oil infrastructure in a…
EU must prepare for rationing gas
EU countries are scrambling for new sources of gas to phase out Russian fossil fuels and punish Moscow for its…
EC says ban on oil and coal imports from Russia is “an option”
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that a ban on imports of oil and coal from Russia is “certainly an…
Marius Chiriac: Romania has chosen to burden energy suppliers
The ordinance on measures applicable to final customers in the electricity and gas market brings some improvements, but it is…
EU will consider making countries fill gas storage by 90%, new certification system
The European Commission will table proposals on Wednesday (23 March) obliging EU countries to fill up their gas stores at…
EC allows the regulation of energy and gas prices
The European Commission confirms that, in this exceptional situation, Member States can regulate retail prices for electricity and gas for…
Before the Taxonomy, the EU clarifies the rules for state aid
The European Commission (EC) has published the new 2022 guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy (OACME),…
EU: Divided on the classification of nuclear and gas projects as green investments
The European Commission (EC) proposes to classify nuclear and gas projects as green investments, under certain conditions, according to an…
MoF will carry out an analysis on the overtaxing of energy suppliers
Suppliers’ taxation is under analysis, talks will be held with representatives from the entire energy chain and some solutions will…
EU drafts plan to label gas and nuclear investments as green
The European Union has drawn up plans to label some natural gas and nuclear energy power plants as “transitional” or…
EC will tax 25% of the revenue from the sale of carbon certificates
European Commission proposed on Wednesday three new taxes in the EU bloc, which over the next few decades would allow…